Review - Transformers, Dark of the Moon

How many times, after watching a great movie and be addressed to its transposition videogame looking for more excitement, we ended up in his hands gaming experiences that define unwatchable would be an understatement? Definitely too many, and these are certainly the first next-gen iteration of the Transformers brand.

To be true it should be noted as the various tie-ins were launched in recent years have shown a steady improvement in terms of quality (culminating with valid Transformers: the Battle For Cybertron), and it was precisely this improvement which had left to assume that, perhaps, Transformers: Dark of the Moon would have represented the long-awaited dedication of brand in videogame. But gone really cos?

The title, despite having the same name as the recent film, not a faithful videogame adaptation of the latter but instead offers a completely new storyline, set three years before the events of "revenge of the fallen", in which the Autobots, despite knowing of Megaton and his army, are committed to ensure the effective disappearance of Decepticons.

Obviously a few minutes are enough to discover that the Decepticons are hardly disappeared, and this d a predictable escalation of violence and devastation that will see us fighting an enemy webclicks in an attempt to prevent Megatron to unleash the fury of Shockwave, known as "the assassin Decepticon par excellence". It's easy to Intuit the narrative premise certainly doesn't shine for originality, and to be honest the situation does not get worse with the passage of a few hours of play (the campaign offers only 7 chapters). Nevertheless, the experience is still pleasant.

The gameplay is very similar to that seen in Transformers: the Battle For Cybertron for us regarding the dynamics of progression and fighting, has unfortunately a specific news that, at least according to who writes, has impacted on the management of various characters. What I am talking about? Simple, what probably will be remembered as the great blasphemy in the history of the Transformers: a third transformation.

As all who are reading this article surely know, the Transformers have always had only two transformations, robotics, showing their real appearance, and the so-called car, which allows them to blend into the world of humans. Well, today these two if it adds a third, the stealth, time to introduce stealth phases which, let me tell you, we wouldn't have certainly heard the lack.